一分钟速览加密基金Paradigm成长史,所投项目最爱空投

PanewsPublished on 2023-09-27Last updated on 2023-09-28

Abstract

成员仅60余人的加密基金Paradigm从耶鲁大学获得第一笔资金后便在加密行业起飞。虽然经历过“迷途知返”,但过往辉煌业绩不容忽视。

作者:Splin Teron, 加密KOL
编译:Felix, PANews
虽然目前有关Paradigm基金的详细信息很少,但众所周知,该基金投资的项目范围覆盖100万美元到1亿美元以上,且仅在加密领域内。那么仅60多名员工的Paradigm如何赢得投资者的信任并在加密社区中获得关注呢?

一分钟速览加密基金Paradigm成长史,所投项目最爱空投


Paradigm由Coinbase联合创始人Fred Ehrsam和前红杉资本合伙人Matt Huang共同创立。Paradigm的出现恰逢其时,绝非偶然。Paradigm的出现起源于2017年比特币狂热的顶峰时期,当时 Fred Ehrsam决定辞去Coinbase总裁一职。
Paradigm基金于2018年夏季在充满挑战的熊市阶段推出。Paradigm的两位创始人决定离开之前的工作,去从事认为更有趣的事情。

一分钟速览加密基金Paradigm成长史,所投项目最爱空投


Paradigm的最初资金来自一些最保守的投资者:大学。包括耶鲁大学、哈佛大学以及斯坦福大学的捐赠基金。
2018年10月,Paradigm从投资者那里获得了4亿美元融资(注:资金全部来自耶鲁大学捐赠基金)。到2018年12月,Paradigm主要投资于比特币和以太坊,并在比特币价格低于4000美元的时候完美抄底(注:由上图可知,抄底比特币后,未来基本都是上涨状态)。这一消息传到投资人后,机构投资者(大学)追加认购了3.5亿美元。

一分钟速览加密基金Paradigm成长史,所投项目最爱空投


除获得启动资金外,Paradigm还在大学领域开展工作,并取得了重大进展:

  • 普及加密货币
  • 加强对必要的加密货币监管的讨论
  • 支持Gary Gensler(现任美国SEC主席,曾在麻省理工教书)进行区块链和加密货币技术方面的教育

这是否意味着Paradigm与“市场负责人” 注:Gary Gensler)有联系?无从得知。
Paradigm最新投资的一个项目是Friend.tech,Friend.tech的出现,标志着SocialFi叙事的又一次启动。有趣的是,Friend.tech是在新Base网络启动。
值得一提的是,在Arbitrum空投之前,Paradigm被列为加密行业最重要的三个空投的投资者:Uniswap、Ribbon Finance和dYdX 。可能这也是Paradigm在空投盛行时代受加密社区追捧的原因。有加密KOL总结了热门基金投资了哪些项目以及其中有多少进行了空投,Paradigm拔得头筹。

一分钟速览加密基金Paradigm成长史,所投项目最爱空投


以下为Paradigm 投资的完整列表

一分钟速览加密基金Paradigm成长史,所投项目最爱空投


虽然Paradigm曾更改网站表述,将其仅专注于加密货币转向也包括人工智能等“前沿”技术。但Fred和Matt后来表示,他们坚信会长期留在加密领域。“虽然有些人可能会觉得它有争议,但我们坚信加密货币将成为一个重要趋势。事实上,我们认为它是未来20年最重要的技术趋势。”

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